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Mid North Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1931

814 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 18 of 41

Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

A suggestion is made by the N.R.M.A. that, as an alternative to the referring of the new Transport Bill to a Parliamentary select…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 9

A new and novel system of flood lighting the main roads of France is being tried over a stretch of a mile of road near Le Bourget aerodrome…

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Motors and Motorists. Did You Know This?

Macleay Argus · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 9

It would no doubt surprise many motorists to be told that a car going downhill at 30 m.p.h. in gear, using the braking effect of the engine with…

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George's River Bridge

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1931 · page 4

Figures prepared by the Sutherland Shire Council of the George's River bridge toll show that the sum of £58,661 has been collected in two…

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Motor Notes. From the N.R.M.A.

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 20 June 1931 · page 7

The total retail sales value of all automotive products in the United States showed a gain of approximately £300,000,000 over the 1929 totals…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Northern Champion · Saturday 20 June 1931 · page 3

A suggestion is made by the N.R.M.A. that, as an [?]tive to the refering of the new transport Bill to a [?]mentary street committee, the provisions…

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Late Wires. Sydney, Tuesday. Mudgee Train Robbery

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

Sydney Detectives have arrested two men in connection with the theft of four thousand six hundred pounds in notes, and thirteen thousand…

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The Motor World. News. and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Gloucester Advocate · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 3

A suggestion is made by the N.R.M.A. that, as an alternative to the referring of the new Transport Bil to a Parliamentary Select Commit…

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Wingham Police Court. Friday, June 19, 1931. Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M. Motor Cycle Case

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 1

Clifford Carl Nelson was charged with riding a motor cycle without a license. Also with riding an unregistered motor cycle…

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Tramping for a Living Refined Couple's Bitter Experiences Slept in Woodbubn Lock-up

The Northern Champion · Wednesday 24 June 1931 · page 1

With humour, philosophy, and gril, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Evans have converted vicissitudes and a chain of related experiences into a romance of the…

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Air Gateway Plans for Real Aerodrome at Darwin

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

Darwin's determination to make its aerodrome the best and biggest in northern Australia, and Kingsford Smith's complaint when he landed…

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Bridge Opening Committee Appointed to Make Suggestions

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

In response to the advertisement inviting interested citizens to attend a meeting to consider the question of arranging a demonstration to…

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Extension of Firefly Road to Be Made by Voluntary Labour

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 2

There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Upper Wallamba Progress Association, held at Bucca Wauka on Saturday 20th June…

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The Motor World News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

The Gloucester Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. says that Prince's Highway is the better route to Melbourne, the inland road (Hume Highway) having suffered considerably…

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Motor Notes. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Nambucca and Bellinger News · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 3

The N.R.M.A. says that Prince's Highway is the better route to Melbourne, the inland road (Hume Highway) having suffered considerably…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a

Macleay Argus · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 9

Raw cotton is the only commodity whose exports exceed those of the motor car industry in U.S.A. Motor vehicles killed 50,900 persons…

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Bucca Wauka News Opening a New Road

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 3

There was a large attendance at the meeting of the Upper Wallamba Progress Association, held at Bucca Wauka on Saturday, 20th June, to consider…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.b.m.a

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 1

A development of automatic traffic control which is proving so successful in London will be introduced in Oxford Street, London, shortly. The…

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Wingham Police Court Friday, Junk 19. Before Mr. E. T. Oram, P.M. Motor Cycle Case

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 8

Clifford Carl Nelson was charged with riding a motor cycle without a license. Also with riding an unregistered motor cycle…

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Hospital Scheme to Tax Motors. Defraying Cost of Patients

The Northern Champion · Saturday 27 June 1931 · page 7

The annual report of the Hospitals Commission tabled in Parliament on Tuesday refers to the increasing number of accidents brought about by the…

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